| 词条 | Loy (spade) |
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A loy is an early Irish spade with a long heavy handle made of ash, a narrow steel plate on the face and a single footrest. The word loy comes from the Irish word láí, which means spade. It was used for manual ploughing prior to and during the Irish Potato Famine.[1][1] ConstructionThe loy is a narrow spade with a blade about 14 inches long by 3 inches wide and bent with a handle 5 to 6 feet long.[2] The handle is normally made of ash. The blade has a single step for use with the right or left[3] foot.[4] Ridging using the loyThe loy was traditionally used for cultivating the potato. In the 19th century, these were grown in a potato ridge, sometimes known as a lazy bed. Sods were turned from either side to form the ridge. This was sometimes called copin the sods, and the sods forming the sides of the ridge were called cope sods. A sod of earth about 2 feet (60 cm) wide on each side of the intended ridge was lifted by the loy and turned over so that the grassy sides were together. Manure was spread on the ridge part first.[5] Narrow ridges were most often made with sets of around twelve sods.[1] Loy ploughing took place on very small farms or on very hilly ground, where horses could not work or where farmers could not afford them[6] and were used up until the 1960s in poorer land.[7] This suited the moist climate of Ireland as the trenches formed by turning in the sods provided drainage. It also allowed the growing of potatoes in bogs as well as on mountain slopes where no other cultivation could take place.[8] Other usesAs well as ploughing and ridgemaking, the loy was also used for lifting potatoes and digging turf.[9] Loy digging is still a popular pastime in Ireland with a national Loy Digging Association. Loy digging is an integral part of the National Ploughing Championships.[10][11] The loy in cultureTheatreThe Playboy of the Western World by Irish playwright John Millington Synge, set in a public house in County Mayo during the early 1900s, tells the story of Christy Mahon, a young man running away from his farm. Mahon claims he killed his father by driving a loy into his head.[12]LiteratureIrish writer Declan Hughes' novels center around the detective Ed Loy, whose name is an homage to Sam Spade, the fictional character of Dashiell Hammett's The Maltese Falcon.[13] References1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2008/09/30/31490-collinstown-man-scoops-national-ploughing-prize| title=Collinstown man scoops national ploughing prize |publisher=Westmeath Examiner|author=Paul Hughes |date=2008-09-30|accessdate=1 June 2011}} 2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.libraryireland.com/topog/L/Leitrim-Agriculture.php|title=LEITRIM AGRICULTURE|accessdate=1 June 2011}} 3. ^https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEsK1E_HnPc 4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.goreyecho.ie/news/mhidsnojsn/|title=Digging with the right foot|publisher=Gorey Echo|date=3 February 2011|accessdate=1 June 2011|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723154317/http://www.goreyecho.ie/news/mhidsnojsn/|archivedate=23 July 2011|df=dmy-all}} 5. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/ulsterscots/learn/lesson/12 |title=Ulster-Scots |publisher=BBC |accessdate=1 June 2011}} 6. ^1 2 {{cite news |url=http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2009/03/03/36691-castlepollard-venue-to-host-westmeath-ploughing-finals/ |title=Castlepollard venue to host Westmeath ploughing finals |work=Westmeath Examiner |author=Paul Hughes |date=2011-03-03 |accessdate=1 June 2011}} 7. ^{{cite news |url=http://tribune.maithu.com/archive/article/2009/sep/27/the-plough-and-the-stars/ |author=Patrick Freyne |title=The plough and the stars |date=27 September 2009 |work=Sunday Tribune |location=Dublin |accessdate=1 June 2011}} 8. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.faminemuseum.com/the-famine-potato/ |title=The Famine Potato |publisher=St Mary's Famine History Museum |accessdate=1 June 2011 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110524230006/http://www.faminemuseum.com/the-famine-potato/ |archivedate=24 May 2011 |df= }} 9. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.longfordlibrary.ie/lib_her_inside.aspx?id=22100|title=County Longford Ploughing Championships, 10th April 2011|publisher=Longford Library|accessdate=1 June 2011}} 10. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.leitrimobserver.ie/news/local/leitrim_ploughing_championship_2010_1_2037847|publisher=Leitrim Oserver|title=Leitrim Ploughing Championship 2010|date=2010-03-25|accessdate=1 June 2011|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720205620/http://www.leitrimobserver.ie/news/local/leitrim_ploughing_championship_2010_1_2037847|archivedate=20 July 2011|df=dmy-all}} 11. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.mayonews.ie/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4050&Itemid=38|publisher=The Mayo News|title=Turf tales |author=Aine Ryan|date=8 May 2008 |accessdate=1 June 2011}} 12. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.druidsynge.com/theplays/the-playboy-of-the-western-world|title=The Playboy of the Western World|publisher=DruidSynge, The Plays of John Millington Synge|accessdate=2 June 2011}} 13. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.thestar.com/article/704665 |title=An Irish Sam Spade suffers a mite much |publisher=thestar.com|author=Jack Batten|date=4 November 2009|accessdate=1 June 2011}} Further reading
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